The Facts... without the Lecture
B4uDecide.ie is closing down at the end of May 2024.
Alternative sources of relationships and sexuality information and resources:
- For 16-25 year olds: SpunOut.ie is an information provision website, including relationships and sexuality issues.
- For 17+ year olds: Sexualwellbeing.ie is the HSE website that provides information and resources on a wide range of information such as consent, contraception, sexual transmitted infections, vaccinations and unplanned pregnancy
- For parents: The HSE’s ‘Making the ‘Big Talk’ many small talks’ series of booklets to help parents and children talk about relationships and sexuality is available online, and to order free of charge from healthpromotion.ie. HSE funded RSE workshops are available at npc.ie and ifpa.ie
- For teachers: Junior Cycle SPHE Resources are available to support the new 2023 SPHE specification , including the Relationship and Sexuality strand.
- For youthworkers: HSE funded training on relationship and sexuality issues is available at REAL U | Foroige and Tailored Training Courses – National Youth Council of Ireland
How you feel about yourself
Self-esteem is how you feel about yourself. If you don’t feel good about yourself, you are less likely to make good decisions.
Everyone has times that they feel good about themselves (have high self-esteem) and everyone has times they don’t feel good about themselves (have low self-esteem).
If you think you have low self-esteem but don’t know why visit the Reasons for Low self-esteem page and the Bad Habits page to find out more.
For tips on building your self-esteem, visit the Feeling good page. For advice on feeling good about how you look, visit the Body Image page.